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LAUNCH ANIMALS COUNT MAJOR SUCCESS

Animals Count launch in London©Animals Count The launch of the new political party Animals Count yesterday at the Christmas Without Cruelty Fayre at Kensington Town Hall, 12.30PM was a major success.
About 200 delegates were present and responded very positively to the speech of founder Jasmijn de Boo, the panel discussion with Animals Count members Andrew Knight and Alex Bourke, and the closing remarks of one of the two Dutch MPs for the Party for the Animals, Esther Ouwehand, who touched all with her account of the recent victory for the Party for the Animals in the Netherlands.
The BBC covered the launch on radio and TV all day.

Preceding the launch several interviews had already been broadcasted on BBC Breakfast TV, Radio 5 Live and BBC World Service. The launch in the small hall drew in crowds of potential supporters and media.

The question and answer session with the panel dealt with interesting issues on policies other than animals, whether Animals Count would contest against Green Party members, and what Animals Count thinks of violent methods employed by some animal rights activists.

The leaflets and membership forms vanished minutes after the launch and over 80 emails in support of the new initiative were sent via the website in the first 24 hours.

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